# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-edward-merriam
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:36:39.348Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-edward-merriam"
name: "Charles Edward Merriam"
slug: "charles-edward-merriam"
description: "Charles Edward Merriam Jr. (1874–1953) was an American professor of political science at the University of Chicago, founder of the behavioral approach to political science, a trainer of many graduate students, a prominent intellectual in the Progressive Movement, and an advisor to several US Presidents. Upon his death, The New York Times called him \"one of the outstanding political scientists in the country\"."
tagline: "American political scientist (1874-1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Charles_Edward_Merriam.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1874-11-15"
deathDate: "1953-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.09514266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump